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Care homes are at high risk of experiencing outbreaks of COVID-19, the disease caused by SARS-CoV-2. Older people and those affected by heart disease, respiratory disease and type 2 diabetes - all of which increase with age - are at greatest risk of severe disease and even death, making the care home population especially vulnerable.
Care homes are known to be high-risk settings for infectious diseases, owing to a combination of the underlying vulnerability of residents who are often frail and elderly, the shared living environment with multiple communal spaces, and the high number of contacts between residents, staff and visitors in an enclosed space.
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Dubai: The landscape of single-dose vaccines against COVID-19 just got more interesting. On Sunday, US health authorities approved the Janssen vaccine as a single-shot against COVID, with 78% efficacy. This is seen as a “game changer” in the global counter-coronavirus drive.
Data from the clinical trials and massive vaccination rollouts lead some experts to make a case for single shots from Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, too. The latter two are messenger RNA vaccines currently being rolled out in North America, Europe and the Middle East as a double dose.
With millions of doses per day being administered, there’s a decent amount of information for data scientists to crunch. Some experts argue this delayed or “fractional” dosing, could help the world achieve herd immunity sooner. Other scientists oppose the strategy. Here’s the lowdown on single-dose COVID shots:
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